Armsgate: Group Wants Hon Jones Onyereri Quizzed

As more revelation continues to trail the arms deal scandal, the group, Change Ambassadors of New Nigeria (CANN) has called for a water-tight investigation into all those fingered in the scam. It also called for a searchlight to be beamed on the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Honorable Jones Onyereri to unravel his role in ignoring the routing of huge amounts through commercial banks from the questionable withdrawals made from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the immediate past administration.

The group, in an electronic statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its coordinator, Salisu Ibrahim, said questions must also be asked about the proprietary of Honorable Onyereri continuing to chair the committee given that the oversight carried out under its watch failed to uncover the massive looting that occurred considering that massive amounts were being transferred to commercial banks on a scale that should have triggered some sort of alert.

The statement said “It is simply immoral that Jones Onyereri showed no remorse for the failing that occurred when he chaired the House Committee on Banking and Currency during the President Goodluck Jonathan years. A man who is truly with honour would have ordinarily stepped aside given the magnitude of revelations that are making the rounds.
“The collapse of the naira against major currencies is partly a consequence of the failing of the House Committee on Banking and Currency to properly carry out its oversight functions as there is no record that the Onyereri led committee made any effort to actively engage the situation before things got this bad.
“We authoritatively gathered that he specializes in using his position to harass DFIs and collecting money from them to look the other way in the course of his committee’s non-existing oversight functions.

“The Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara should on the strength of these new revelation reconsider Onyereri’s suitability to continue in office and act in the interest of the nation by replacing him. The Speaker must dissolved that committee and appoint more responsible persons to man its leadership.” The statement said.

It also said the Committee under Onyereri’s successive leadership has largely failed to address the outrageous interest rates charged by commercial banks in a development that has adversely affected the ability of Nigerians to run businesses.

The group called for a probe of assets held by the House of Representative member as it noted that he has assets in strategic parts of the Federal Capital Territory and other major cities across the country.

“Instead of working in national interest, Onyereri is using the house committee to enrich himself and not in the overall interest of the Nigerian state. This explains the failings of key institutions under his oversight as a federal lawmaker.” CANN argued.

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